Biographical entry Jeffreys, Charles (1782 - 1826)

Summary

Charles Jeffreys was a naval officer who lived in Australia from1814 to 1817 and from1820 to 1826. His first commission was to transport convicts and other passengers from Port Jackson to the Derwent. During this time Jeffreys began writing many publications for British immigrants intending to settle in Van Diemen's Land. His book Geographical and Descriptive Delineations of the Island of Van Diemen's Land (1820) was found to be largely plagiarised from a manuscript written by his co-traveller Surveyor George Evans. Jeffreys was not regarded as a very competent officer so was sent to Ceylon and later back to England. When Jeffreys returned to Tasmania he obtained a grant of 800 acres at Pittwater.

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Events

1814

Life event - Arrived in Australia (Port Jackson, New South Wales)

1814 - 1815

Career position - Sailed to Hobart Town many times

1815 - 1816

Career position - Sailed for Ceylon, naming Molle Island in the Whitsunday Passage, Mount Jeffreys on Molle Island and Princess Charlotte Bay on Cape Yorke Peninsula

1817 - 1820

Career position - Returned to the United Kingdom

1820

Career position - Geographical and Descriptive Delineations of the Island of Van Diemen's Land published in the UK

1820

Career position - Arrived in Hobart

Published resources

Book Sections

• Flinn, E., 'Jeffreys, Charles (1782-1826)', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 2, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1967, pp. 15-16. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020016b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Jeffreys, Charles', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464730. Details